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April 24Wednesday, 5:00 - 8:00 pmPhiladelphia Science Festival Signature EventLONG LIVE OUR TREASURES:The Science of Conservation and PreservationThe behind-the-scenes work of many museums comes out into the open, as leading conservators and researchers from around the city come together to demonstrate how they preserve their most precious artifacts, from life specimens and mummies, to books, films, and architecture.

LONG LIVE OUR TREASURES takes place in the Penn Museum's third floor galleries. Seventeen partnering organizations (full list below) join together to share conservation science stories at demonstrations, hands on activities, and in short talks. Leading researchers and conservators show and tell how museums preserve their most precious artifacts—mummies, photographs, textiles, films, and even living specimens—and how anyone can preserve their own personal treasures.

Penn Museum's own public conservation project and ongoing exhibition, In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian Mummies, stays open, with the conservator ready to talk about her months' long work "in the fishbowl" where the public can watch her activities and see her progress. Tickets for LONG LIVE OUR TREASURES are just $6 in advance from the PSF website; $12 on the day of the event. Teachers with valid ID pay $5 at the event. For tickets and more information, visit the Philadelphia Science Festival's website.

5:00 - 8:00 pm: In the Artifact Lab: Conserving Egyptian Mummies. Part exhibition, and part working laboratory, a glass-enclosed conservation lab brings you right into a museum conservator's world. See the tools of the trade and watch as conservators work on a wide array of Egyptian objects. In the Artifact Lab, Upper Baugh Pavilion, 3rd floor

Amenities:

5:00 - 7:30 pm: Refresh with a special Science Festival themed cocktail, beer, or glass of wine, and a selection of soups and sandwiches, all available for purchase at the Pepper Mill Café. 2nd floor

Photos: (Top) Margaret Little at work at the Barnes Foundation, courtesy of the Barnes Foundation. (Bottom) Molly Gleeson working "In the Artifact Lab" at the Penn Museum.